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12 ••• COifltfUI U<br />
WAI PIOIIUS<br />
uled (or Lhe laaL MJ ( Of ~he ye~~r, 100<br />
for 1945. In l Lt decline i L baa caoe<br />
in Cor crHiclM; some would puL an end<br />
Lo lL righL now, as 111'1 emergency progr""'<br />
LhM has ouLll ved Lhe emergency. Never<br />
Lhelese Lhe facL rel'ISlns LlvlL Lhe l..ibe<br />
rLy hasmede consLrucUon his~ory, and<br />
helped Lolll'lke mlll~ry hleLory by carrying<br />
a l"lrie proponion of Lhe U.S.<br />
nun!Lions senL overseas. LlberLys IICcounL<br />
tor 851 ot Lhe cargo dP~ -we ignL<br />
LoMage bullL by Lhe l'•rl Ume COOI!llsslon,<br />
add up LO more Lhan Wlce Lne Lonnage<br />
of Lhe Ameri c~~n-con Lrolled merch~L<br />
!leeL before Pearl H~rbor.<br />
COAL-YEAR QUESTIOH<br />
~'HMHE!I or noL b!Lumlnoue coal will be<br />
In shon supply Lhle ye11r depends l11rgely<br />
on IIWlpower. CUrrenLly Lhere 11re AbDUL<br />
enough miners Lo produce Lhe 626,000.000<br />
~ona of bl~umlnous coal needed for Lne<br />
1944-45 co"l ye11r. a.L "• ot April Lhere<br />
were some 30.000 miners beL ween Lhe "8es<br />
or 18 and 26. lin LighL ca...l MeAs, men<br />
over 21 are eligible lor defemen~ un~il<br />
Au gun I! ~hey hllve had Lhree ye~~rs • experience.!<br />
An average or 10.000 fewer<br />
miners lor Lhe balMCe 01 ~he COlll year<br />
would lllelltl Ill! eniMLed OULpuL o( 610,-<br />
000.000 Loos, whlclo would necessiL10Le rrduclng<br />
domes~ic renulr~nLa, furLher<br />
11 L~le anxle~y abou~ Lhe fuwre, are<br />
mor e ln~ereaLed In ~nelr currenL pay<br />
envelopes. l..l>bor ediLors cl~im LhaL<br />
1!0\ployees h•ve "cuLback jlL~e ra, • Ce~ r<br />
sudden !syotfs even Lhough now ~hey IIVlY<br />
have ll nle dll flcuhy In find lna o~her<br />
jobs. Businessmen 'llld l"bor lelld era<br />
.Uao r eveal dl vergen~ "Hli.Udea ln Yle~o~s<br />
on Plonnl~ (or rransltlon to a Peacetlae<br />
tcona.v lresLrlcLed: pp. 151. Tne<br />
!onner repon Lh"L people hllve con!ldence<br />
in Lhe posLwar plMa now being<br />
mllde. l..l>bor edHors, on Lhe oLher h'lnd,<br />
say Lh'lL worker s a r e so s kepLlcl\l o t<br />
poswar pl~~ns Md so feArful of widespread<br />
unemploymenL LhaL war producLlon<br />
la suffering. EuL boLh groups Are<br />
~greed LhaL "man'lgemen~ and labor l!alSL<br />
hllng LogeLher or nang •parL."<br />
I Off lee ot W'lr lnforni'ILlon, l'ure•u of<br />
Specl~J ~rv icesl<br />
8ul1dlno Costs<br />
ToL'Il expend! ~ures tor new consLruc<br />
Llon during Lhe tirsL qu"ner of 1944<br />
Cell 60\l below expendlLuree l or ~he at~me<br />
period In 1943. Though prlv~Le bulldlnw<br />
jumped 18!1, llCcordlng LO CnnstrucL I on<br />
lcoolldentl.U: pp. l~l. public bulldln~<br />
dropped ?Jl. While concre~e and reinforcing<br />
e~eel ~re aw•l111ble and sOI!'e<br />
conaLrucLlon wor'
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